About the Book

The Sixth Edition of International Human Rights provides students with an accessible, problem-based pedagogy that forces them to consider fundamental human rights issues from policy and legal perspectives. Balancing practical considerations and theory, this outstanding and newly expanded authorship team delivers a comprehensive text that examines historical underpinnings and contemporary considerations related to human rights efforts across the globe.

New to the Sixth Edition:

Authors have streamlined the text by rearranging the contents to be more intuitive, eliminating the underutilized section on International Criminal Law and reapportioning those materials elsewhere, and condensing the International Humanitarian Law section.

Thoroughly updated to include recent scholarship, reports from International Tribunals, and changes in International Human Rights landscape, including those involving:

o Human Rights of Older Persons

o Protections to Indigenous Populations

o The Syrian Conflict

o Agreements on Nuclear Weapons

o Detention of Enemy Combatants.

o Violence against Women

o Human Rights and Multinational Corporations

o Accountability in Peacekeeping Operations

o Application of International Law in Domestic Tribunals

o Targeting Killings Procedures

o Modern Disputes in European Tribunals

o The Inter-American Human Rights System

Incorporation of recent resolutions from international tribunals and decisions for international adjudicatory bodies.

Casebook Features:

Problem-oriented focus designed to help students understand contemporary debates about human rights from a political as well as legal perspective.

Emphasis on practical issues that influence the application, implementation, and development of human rights laws.